The Election Commission of India has declared the dates for theKarnataka’s Assembly Elections. The election will be held for 224 seats on 12 May2018 in a single phase and the results will be declared on 15 May 2018. The announcementof the election dates spawned a controversy since BJP’s IT Cell Head Amit Malviya tweeted the datesbefore the official announcement by the Election Commission.
The State’s Assembly electionsare in spotlight where the ruling Congress party hopes to retain their power againstthe BJP. The elections are critical for the Congress that has failed to showpresence in most major states of the country that it once used to rule.
